SOLUTION: A local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 391 hamburgers and cheeseburgers on Sunday. There were 59 fewer cheeseburgers sold than hamburgers. How many hamburgers were sold on

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Question 1146800: A local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 391 hamburgers and cheeseburgers on Sunday. There were 59 fewer cheeseburgers sold than hamburgers. How many hamburgers were sold on Sunday?
Answer by ikleyn(52781) About Me  (Show Source):
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h + (h-59) = 391


2h         = 391 + 59 = 450


 h                    = 450/2 = 225.     ANSWER